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Intro Vocabulary 1
Scientific language + characteristics of life
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Not needing oxygen | Anaerobic |
| Organisms using the sun's energy to make food | Photoautotroph |
| Organism | Anything that possesses all the characteristics of life |
| One-celled organism | Unicellular |
| All the chemical reactions in a cell or the body of an organism | Metabolism |
| Type of reproduction where there is no combination of genetic material | Asexual |
| Inside the cell | Intracellular |
| Organisms that need to eat other organisms for their energy needs | Heterotrophs |
| Keeping the internal environment stable | Homeostasis |
| A very small measurement | Micrometer |
| The study of animals | Zoology |
| A process where plants make their own food by using the energy from the sun | Photosynthesis |
| A substance that kills insects | Insecticide |
| An organism that uses chemicals to produce its own food. | Chemoautotroph |
| A process where a cell takes in something. | Endocytosis |
| The study of form or structure | Morphology |
| The study of life | Biology |